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Let's take a look at the feeder/delinker. Here are some photos of some of the internals that I have printed, primed, sanded and painted.

Couple of shots with the bolt tracks in place, just test fitting them. Waiting on the lock nuts to arrive before I bolt them on and of course have to print up all the bolts before i attache them for good.

Some shots with the gears on the rotor. The main front gear has been pinned as well as the rear gear. I used graphite powder applied with my finger to give the gears a more metallic look and also provide some lubrication for when they come in contact with the feeder/delinker and motor gears...

Here are some shots of the test fit inside the rotor housing, so far so good. Everything aligns well and rotates smoothly, just need to finish the gears, pin them on, and finish the bolt track guides and bolts themselves and the interior of the rotor housing will be done.

So here are some pictures with the bearing, also started working on the front rotor gear and rear rotor gear. This have been sanded, skimmed with putty and will be primed this morning.

So a little more work on the rotor, I have the base coat of primer on and sanded. I started working on the hardware inserts like the threads for the bolt guides. I also printed the front bearing, this is made with 6mm airsoft bb's for ball bearings and works pretty well. I found a company...

Got the rotor off the printer. So now I can show you a bit of the prep process. So to start getting rid of the layer lines, I hit the main spots with 220 grit sandpaper on my orbital palm sander. I then use some sanding files to get into the hard to reach areas. Here are some pictures of the...

So, while I will be printing and finishing a Dillon mount, I want to go ahead and make a complete base model m134 in true G.E. style. So here are the recoil mounts. Once again they are printed in a high infill, the front lug has a sort of spring tension clip to allow it to lock in and...

Yes, eventually I will be offering kits and fully built replicas for sale. Just walking yall through my initial build so far. I have a second printer that will be up and running so I will be able to offer parts and kits soon. All these parts are in spec with the real thing so one could use...

Thanks! Thank you for the kind words. I cant wait to get deeper into this. I have a beautiful Dillon style mount to print and since I am heli coiling this one it will all screw and pin together nicely. Waiting on the rotor to finish printing, that bad boy is gonna be about an 87 hour print. I...

Now lets take a look at the delinker housing. Once again, printed, filled and sanded. I also started heli coiling the screw points. Just like the real gun, and for ease of taking apart and putting together. This replica will disassemble just like the real thing!

A few more shots of the rotor housing, the data plates were once again made by my lovely and talented girlfriend. She took some pictures I sent her from the internet and then completely scratch built the data plates in her design program. She then printed them on high quality self adhesive vinyl...

So with the appetizers served, let's start making an accurate M134 replica. Please note, aside from the fasteners, pins, and bearings, this is an ALL PLASTIC replica and cannot be made to fire anything whatsoever. It is basically a life size scale model kit and is a non-gun. Nothing on this is...

. . .. .and a few more. Now this is a full scale replica, and really one of the first projects I completed when I first got my printer. That being said, as nice as it looks. It's not absolutely accurate, I mean, all the details are there. Dimensionally however it is off here and there. Now...

Here are a few more shots showing some detail.

Hello all! Been gone for a while, but I've been busy. Long story short, I'm still neck deep into everything M134. So in my quest for perfect replicas I have made great strides. I started with picking up a 3D printer then going on a several years long quest to find the best files out there to...

Wow man, I am an avid scale modeler and have been around the competition circuit and I have to say, you are very talented!!! Friggin outstanding work man, do you use washes and drybrushing, or are you new school, using dot filters and color modulation?

Thanks a ton guys! Yeah I am pretty happy with how it came out, ive been absent for a couple of weeks, going to night school and its been kicking my &*$. Rest assured Ive got a sweet vehicle mounted version coming soon, Ill post the pics this weekend. This ones going to be a bit different, the...

And just a few more pics, thanks again for everyones support, this was a super fun project and I hope you guys like the dillion areo version that's coming next

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